The Politics of Elijah: Struggling with Elijah’s Legacy (2Kings 2: 1-2, 6-14)
We are the heirs of Elijah’s legacy. His influence is evident within later writings of the Bible, the Bible’s earliest commentators, and within the Bible-shaped parts of our own culture. But how might...
View ArticleThe Politics of Parenting (Luke 11:1-13)
“And he answers, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’” I am a breast-feeding, co-sleeping mother of two....
View ArticleHow to Read Ancient Texts
I would like to make a modest proposal for reading ancient texts like the Bible. Of course, I am by no means the first or last to make such a suggestion. But my interest is quiet specific: how might...
View ArticleBook Preview – Understanding The Rhetorical Forms of the Culture Wars...
Cathleen Kaveeny. Prophecy Without Contempt: Religious Discourse in the Public Square. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2016. Hardcover. 464 pp. ISBN-10:0674495039. The following is a book...
View ArticleChristian Political Theology Needs To Grow Up And Become A Real Discipline...
Contemporary Christian political theology presents a rather confusing picture. A cacophony of voices offers conflicting accounts of what the Bible says about politics and what a normative Christian...
View ArticleFrom Hope To A Revolution Of Love (Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty)
The following is the second of a series of articles under a general symposium title of “Being Church in the Age of Trump,” which will appear in hard copy in January as part of the fall/winter edition...
View ArticleUndocumented Immigrants and the Bible: A Reply to Gehring and Hoffmeier...
We are in the closing days of National Migration Week (Jan. 8-14), the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual period focused on reflecting on the lives of immigrants and refugees. This...
View ArticleHow To Do Things Better With Words In An Era Of Political Polarization (Jake...
The following is the sixth of a series of articles under a general symposium title of “Being Church in the Age of Trump,” which will appear in hard copy in January as part of the fall/winter edition of...
View ArticleWhy Christians Should Reject The Nashville Statement On Sexuality (Daniel...
In a perfect world, thoughtful Christians would be able to ignore the recently published Nashville Statement. Produced under the auspices of the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, the document...
View ArticleThe Authority of the Book
...any consideration of the question of the political implications of naming certain scriptures ‘sacred’ will be severely limited if it is not attentive to sacred scriptures qua material (or digital)...
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